(Photo by J.D. Cuban)To wit:
- John Mallinger's approach on the 17th hole landing on the green, jumping into the air as if hitting a cart path and then rolling into the rough. Mallinger made bogey and is now four over.
- Padraig Harrington (two over) trying to land a delicate chip onto the front of the green out of the right rough, only to watch his ball trickle 20 feet past the hole.
- Phil Mickelson using a mere mid-iron off the tee on the downhill, par-4 16th, but still having his ball bound down the fairway and into the rough aligning the fairway bunker. it was the first of a three-hole debacle for the world No. 2, with Mickelson now standing at three over.
Remarkably this is even after the USGA hand-watered all 18 greens as a precautionary measure. It is a spectacular first day at the U.S. Open, ideal in many ways. For everyone, that is, except the players.
-- Sam Weinman
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